Word: augustus
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Historian J.P.V.D. Balsdon and Archaeologist Peter Salway, a regional director of the Open University, guide students in their reading of original source material. On page 44 of one handbook, for instance, Balsdon notes briskly, "I cannot imagine your having the time" to read all 77 pages on the Emperor Augustus, but he adds: "One document, however, you must read, the Res Gestae of Augustus." The teaching texts frequently direct students to consult particular portions of their main source books, or to jot down answers to questions. Maryland University and Broadcasting Center officials, who jointly direct the nonprofit N.U.C., say that...